Welcome back to This Week In Discs! If you see something you like, click on the title to buy it from Amazon. Toad Road James (James Davidson) is a slacker, but that shouldn’t be mistaken for meaning he sits around all day doing nothing. Instead, he sits around all day smoking, popping, and snorting anything he and his friends can get their hands on, but that starts to change when he meets the new girl, Sara (Sara Anne Jones). She’s new to the drug scene, he introduces her, and she gets hooked just as he wants out. He agrees to one last trip with her. Shrooms in hand, the two head out to the legendary Toad Road to investigate rumors of the seven gates of hell. It goes according to plan until he wakes up to discover she’s disappeared. Writer/director Jason Banker’s debut feature is low budget, raw...
- 12/17/2013
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Known for its selection of unnerving and underrated acquisitions of films that appear to exist on the unconventional fray, Artsploitation Films brings Jason Banker’s hallucinatory horror film Toad Road to DVD. A hit among a handful of film festivals, including Fantasia International Film Festival, where it won Best Director and Best Actor, Banker’s film has established a solid following with his first feature film, winning praise from a variety of top tier sources and even more eclectic avenues, such as a celebratory insert accompanying the disc, which contains praise from actor Elijah Wood. But, to be honest, there needs to be a differentiation here in what some may define as a horror film, as there’s really nothing horrific that goes on here. Sure, it hints at passing through the gates at Hell, but more so as a metaphor for addiction, instead it plays like some odd minded...
- 12/17/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
A new clip from the indie fear flick from Elijah Wood's horror film company SpectreVision, Toad Road (review) from writer-director Jason Banker, has arrived with an explanation!
From the Press Release
The horror-thriller Toad Road earned praise from audiences and critics alike last fall at the influential Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, where it won awards for “Best Director” (Jason Banker) and “Best Actor” (James Davidson).
Building on that momentum, Artsploitation Films has announced it will bring Toad Road to theaters this October. Following the film’s theatrical run, the company will release it on DVD and VOD as well as in the digital marketplace.
“There is a nihilism and decay present within the characters of Toad Road that makes the film mesmerizing. The horror comes not from just a mystical location and inevitable conclusion, but a very real, very dark place in each of their hearts. It's...
From the Press Release
The horror-thriller Toad Road earned praise from audiences and critics alike last fall at the influential Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, where it won awards for “Best Director” (Jason Banker) and “Best Actor” (James Davidson).
Building on that momentum, Artsploitation Films has announced it will bring Toad Road to theaters this October. Following the film’s theatrical run, the company will release it on DVD and VOD as well as in the digital marketplace.
“There is a nihilism and decay present within the characters of Toad Road that makes the film mesmerizing. The horror comes not from just a mystical location and inevitable conclusion, but a very real, very dark place in each of their hearts. It's...
- 6/28/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
What happens when the allure of a local legend, mixes with the reckless abandon of youth who don't fear waking up to their consequences of their actions? It's a compelling premise to base a movie on, and writer/director Jason Banker does just that with "Toad Road," a micro-budget horror film that has all the thrills and unease you'd expect from a major Hollywood movie. Starring Sara Anne Jones (who sadly passed away shortly after the film's premiere), James Davidson and Whitleigh Higuera, the film uses the found footage/verité aesthetic finds a group of aimless friends with few inhibitions getting more than they bargained for out in the woods. And in this exclusive clip from the movie, we see an initial wariness about encountering whatever is out there. "James explains the legend of Toad Road to Sara, comparing it to a bad trip. Sara, eager to explore the boundaries...
- 6/28/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Toad Road appeared at last year’s Fantasia International Film Festival and it has been announced that the movie will be getting a limited theatrical run later this year, along with a DVD and VOD release. For those that are interested in learning more, we also have the Toad Road trailer:
“The horror-thriller Toad Road earned praise from audiences and critics alike last fall at the influential Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, where it won awards for “Best Director” (Jason Banker) and “Best Actor” (James Davidson).
Building on that momentum, Artsploitation Films has announced it will bring Toad Road to theaters this October. Following the film’s theatrical run, the company will release it on DVD and VOD as well as in the digital marketplace.
“There is a nihilism and decay present within the characters of Toad Road that makes the film mesmerizing. The horror comes not from just...
“The horror-thriller Toad Road earned praise from audiences and critics alike last fall at the influential Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, where it won awards for “Best Director” (Jason Banker) and “Best Actor” (James Davidson).
Building on that momentum, Artsploitation Films has announced it will bring Toad Road to theaters this October. Following the film’s theatrical run, the company will release it on DVD and VOD as well as in the digital marketplace.
“There is a nihilism and decay present within the characters of Toad Road that makes the film mesmerizing. The horror comes not from just...
- 6/25/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
We finally have good news for those of you looking forward to checking out the indie fear flick from Elijah Wood's horror film company SpectreVision, Toad Road (review) from writer-director Jason Banker. The flick is planning to hit said road this October!
From the Press Release
The horror-thriller Toad Road earned praise from audiences and critics alike last fall at the influential Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, where it won awards for “Best Director” (Jason Banker) and “Best Actor” (James Davidson).
Building on that momentum, Artsploitation Films has announced it will bring Toad Road to theaters this October. Following the film’s theatrical run, the company will release it on DVD and VOD as well as in the digital marketplace.
“There is a nihilism and decay present within the characters of Toad Road that makes the film mesmerizing. The horror comes not from just a mystical location and inevitable conclusion,...
From the Press Release
The horror-thriller Toad Road earned praise from audiences and critics alike last fall at the influential Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, where it won awards for “Best Director” (Jason Banker) and “Best Actor” (James Davidson).
Building on that momentum, Artsploitation Films has announced it will bring Toad Road to theaters this October. Following the film’s theatrical run, the company will release it on DVD and VOD as well as in the digital marketplace.
“There is a nihilism and decay present within the characters of Toad Road that makes the film mesmerizing. The horror comes not from just a mystical location and inevitable conclusion,...
- 6/25/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Horror-thriller [pictured] to be released this October.
Artsploitation Films has acquired Us rights to Jason Banker’s Toad Road.
The horror-thriller, which won best director and best actor awards at last year’s Fantasia International Film Festival, will be released theatrically this October before a DVD and VOD release.
Traction Media negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers with Jennifer Arndt-Johns for Artsploitation Films.
“There is a nihilism and decay present within the characters of Toad Road that makes the film mesmerising,” commented Brian Sokel, vice president of Artsploitation Films. “It’s a unique film that must be seen.”
Toad Road depicts real drug use among a group of real life friends. Tragically, lead actress Sara Anne Jones died of an accidental overdose on Sept 4, 2012 shortly after the film’s world premiere.
The film was produced by Banker’s Blackout Films in collaboration with Liz Levine and Adrian Salpeter of Random Bench. It was executive...
Artsploitation Films has acquired Us rights to Jason Banker’s Toad Road.
The horror-thriller, which won best director and best actor awards at last year’s Fantasia International Film Festival, will be released theatrically this October before a DVD and VOD release.
Traction Media negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers with Jennifer Arndt-Johns for Artsploitation Films.
“There is a nihilism and decay present within the characters of Toad Road that makes the film mesmerising,” commented Brian Sokel, vice president of Artsploitation Films. “It’s a unique film that must be seen.”
Toad Road depicts real drug use among a group of real life friends. Tragically, lead actress Sara Anne Jones died of an accidental overdose on Sept 4, 2012 shortly after the film’s world premiere.
The film was produced by Banker’s Blackout Films in collaboration with Liz Levine and Adrian Salpeter of Random Bench. It was executive...
- 6/24/2013
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Toad Road
Directed by Jason Banker
Written by Jason Banker
U.S.A., 2012
‘Go to hell.’ ‘My life is a living hell.’ ‘What the hell just happened?’ These are but some of the countless examples of how flippantly the term ‘hell’ is utilized in everyday idiom. The word offers a flexibility unparalleled with almost any other. Considering how malleable the word is, just what is society’s conception of hell exactly? It is real, imagined, a thing to be thought about, a thing to be ignored out of fear? Toad Road, from first time writer-director Jason Banker, had its world premier at Fantasia 2012 this year and provides one of the many interpretations of the underworld, although no one leaving this film will confuse hell with anything flippant.
The story is set in an undisclosed countryside in the northern United States. A group of friends, among them one of the movie’s protagonists,...
Directed by Jason Banker
Written by Jason Banker
U.S.A., 2012
‘Go to hell.’ ‘My life is a living hell.’ ‘What the hell just happened?’ These are but some of the countless examples of how flippantly the term ‘hell’ is utilized in everyday idiom. The word offers a flexibility unparalleled with almost any other. Considering how malleable the word is, just what is society’s conception of hell exactly? It is real, imagined, a thing to be thought about, a thing to be ignored out of fear? Toad Road, from first time writer-director Jason Banker, had its world premier at Fantasia 2012 this year and provides one of the many interpretations of the underworld, although no one leaving this film will confuse hell with anything flippant.
The story is set in an undisclosed countryside in the northern United States. A group of friends, among them one of the movie’s protagonists,...
- 8/4/2012
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
Toad Road
Directed by Jason Banker
Written by Jason Banker
U.S.A., 2012
‘Go to hell.’ ‘My life is a living hell.’ ‘What the hell just happened?’ These are but some of the countless examples of how flippantly the term ‘hell’ is utilized in everyday idiom. The word offers a flexibility unparalleled with almost any other. Considering how malleable the word is, just what is society’s conception of hell exactly? It is real, imagined, a thing to be thought about, a thing to be ignored out of fear? Toad Road, from first time writer-director Jason Banker, had its world premier at Fantasia this year and provides one of the many interpretations of the underworld, although no one leaving this film will confuse hell with anything flippant.
The story is set in an undisclosed countryside in the northern United States. A group of friends, among them one of the movie’s protagonists,...
Directed by Jason Banker
Written by Jason Banker
U.S.A., 2012
‘Go to hell.’ ‘My life is a living hell.’ ‘What the hell just happened?’ These are but some of the countless examples of how flippantly the term ‘hell’ is utilized in everyday idiom. The word offers a flexibility unparalleled with almost any other. Considering how malleable the word is, just what is society’s conception of hell exactly? It is real, imagined, a thing to be thought about, a thing to be ignored out of fear? Toad Road, from first time writer-director Jason Banker, had its world premier at Fantasia this year and provides one of the many interpretations of the underworld, although no one leaving this film will confuse hell with anything flippant.
The story is set in an undisclosed countryside in the northern United States. A group of friends, among them one of the movie’s protagonists,...
- 7/29/2012
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
In the tradition of mashing sub-genres together to get something entirely new and interesting, full credit goes to micro-indie avant garde chiller Toad Road for merging the wasted youth drug drama with the urban-legend horror flick. The experience of watching this quite vérité experiment is akin to taking essence of Drugstore Cowboy and infusing it into the broth of The Blair Witch Project whilst dropping a mint-leaf of Picnic at Hanging Rock on the side for garnish. Using the syntax of losing oneself of those campfire wilderness spook stories as a metaphor for ever increasing drug use is wonderful in both concept and execution.Sara is the bright young thing, ripe as a peach and innocent to a degree who is played by Sara Anne Jones, a...
- 7/27/2012
- Screen Anarchy
I haven’t heard too much in regards to Jason Banker’s feature film debut, Toad Road, but I’ll admit, the film’s premise has me a bit curious, as does this new trailer that just hit the net and a few of these pics, which are admittedly eerie. Throw in a fairly aesthetically pleasing poster, and I’m officially good to go on a viewing of this one. “Inspired by an urban legend, Toad Road is an intimate meditation on lost youth evocative of Gus Van Sant (with a racy touch of Larry Clark) and a radical deconstruction of genre cinema, a devastating and brilliant object of contemplation and dread, and a journey down unexpected paths.” Sarah Joelle Hildebrand, Sara Anne Jones, James Davidson, Whitleigh Higuera, Andy Martin and Scott Rader star.
- 7/24/2012
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
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